Candidates of the 1961 Victorian state election
The 1961 Victorian state election was held on 15 July 1961.
Retiring Members
Liberal and Country
- Sir Thomas Maltby MLA (Geelong)
- Charles Bridgford MLC (South Eastern)
Country
- Frederick Cook MLA (Benalla)
- Sir Albert Lind MLA (Gippsland East)
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | LCP candidates | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
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Albert Park | Labor | Keith Sutton | Thomas Merrett | Albert Jones | ||
Ballarat North | LCP | Philip Gray | Tom Evans | Alexander Hoffert | Walter Brown | |
Ballarat South | LCP | Ron Wilson | Gordon Scott | Francis Brown | ||
Balwyn | LCP | Edmund Du Vergier | Alex Taylor | Leo Erwin | ||
Benalla | Country | Jack Ginifer | John Hanson | Tom Trewin | Bartholomew O'Dea | |
Benambra | Country | Reginald Mortimer | Robert Kilpatrick | Tom Mitchell | William Findlay | |
Bendigo | Labor | Bill Galvin | Thomas Flood | Paul Brennan | ||
Box Hill | LCP | William O'Grady | George Reid | Edmund Burgi | ||
Brighton | LCP | Geoffrey Blunden | John Rossiter | Edwin McSweeney | ||
Broadmeadows | LCP | Joseph Smith | Harry Kane | John Donnellon | Anthony van der Loo (Ind) | |
Brunswick East | Labor | Leo Fennessy | Warren Mills | Allan Swain | ||
Brunswick West | Labor | Campbell Turnbull | Norman Glass | John Flint | ||
Burwood | LCP | Peter Lynn | Jim MacDonald | John Duffy | ||
Camberwell | LCP | Anthony Giblett | Vernon Wilcox | Celia Laird | ||
Caulfield | LCP | Sydney Edwards | Alexander Fraser | Walter Culliford | ||
Coburg | Labor | Charlie Mutton | Bryce Pyatt | John Livingstone | ||
Dandenong | LCP | Alan Lind | Len Reid | John Simmons | ||
Dundas | LCP | Bob McClure | Sir William McDonald | James Eveston | ||
Elsternwick | LCP | George Smith | Richard Gainey | Edward Preece | ||
Essendon | LCP | Leslie Edmunds | Kenneth Wheeler | Kevin Digby | Norman McClure (Ind) | |
Evelyn | LCP | Donald King | Russell Stokes | Kevin Gould | ||
Fitzroy | Labor | Denis Lovegrove | Maxwell Lee | Bill Barry | ||
Flemington | Labor | Kevin Holland | John Marshall | Michael McMahon | ||
Footscray | Labor | Bill Divers | Peter Oliver | Walter Byrne | ||
Geelong | LCP | William King | Hayden Birrell | William Mithen | ||
Geelong West | LCP | Neil Trezise | Max Gillett | James Mahoney | ||
Gippsland East | Country | Neil Rosser | Rae Archibald | Bruce Evans | Frank Burns | |
Gippsland South | Country | Albert Thexton | Leslie Horsfield | Sir Herbert Hyland | Geoffrey Farrell | Bryan Fitzgerald (Ind) |
Gippsland West | Country | Eric Kent | Toni Garside | Leslie Cochrane | Kevin Scanlon | |
Grant | Labor | Roy Crick | Max Crellin | Robert Bainbridge | William Wilson (CPA) | |
Hampden | LCP | George Price | Henry Bolte | Francis O'Brien | ||
Hawthorn | LCP | John Reeves | Peter Garrisson | Charles Murphy | ||
Ivanhoe | LCP | Norman Rothfield | Vernon Christie | Cyril Cummins | ||
Kara Kara | LCP | Cyril Sudholz | Keith Turnbull | Bill Phelan | Vincent Gervasoni | |
Kew | LCP | William Cooper | Arthur Rylah | Francis Duffy | Eric Thornton (CPA) | |
Lowan | LCP | James Redford | Wilfred Mibus | Derek Williams | ||
Malvern | LCP | James McGarvin | John Bloomfield | Thomas Carty | ||
Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Clarey | Bill Burns | Tom Hayes | Henry Roche (Ind) | |
Mentone | LCP | Nola Barber | Edward Meagher | George White | ||
Midlands | Labor | Clive Stoneham | Keith Lewis | John Timberlake | ||
Mildura | Country | Douglas Burgess | Raymond Dixon | Nathaniel Barclay | William McInerney | |
Moonee Ponds | LCP | Tom Edmunds | Jack Holden | Paul Gunn | Peter Kirchner (Ind) | |
Moorabbin | LCP | Les Coates | Llew Reese | James Healy | Bob Suggett (Ind Lib) | |
Mornington | LCP | Brian Pigott | Roberts Dunstan | John Cass | ||
Morwell | LCP | George Brown | Jim Balfour | John Vinall | Leslie Hilton | |
Mulgrave | LCP | Vincent Scully | Ray Wiltshire | Leo Sparrow | ||
Murray Valley | Country | Ronald Kirby | Bruno Marmo | George Moss | John Patterson | |
Northcote | Labor | Frank Wilkes | Julian Sullivan | Jack Little | ||
Oakleigh | Labor | Val Doube | Alan Scanlan | Morris Kinnane | ||
Ormond | LCP | Kenneth Stone | Joe Rafferty | Robert Semmel | ||
Polwarth | LCP | Edwin Morris | Tom Darcy | Lloyd Kidman | Alan Bruce | |
Portland | LCP | George Gowty | George Gibbs | Stewart Price | John Russell | |
Prahran | LCP | George Gahan | Sam Loxton | Gordon Haberman | ||
Preston | Labor | Charlie Ring | Colin Pritchard | Michael Lucy | ||
Reservoir | Labor | Harry Jenkins | David Welsh | Frederick Whitling | John Arrowsmith (CPA) | |
Richmond | Labor | Bill Towers | John Ridge | Leo Gardner | Harry Bocquet (CPA) | |
Ringwood | LCP | David Ould | Jim Manson | William Johnson | ||
Ripponlea | LCP | Steven Goldberg | Edgar Tanner | Michael Cunneen | ||
Rodney | Country | Neil Frankland | Francis Charlton | Richard Brose | Spencer Broom | |
St Kilda | LCP | Leslie Atherton | Baron Snider | John Hughes | ||
Sandringham | LCP | Kenneth Farrall | Murray Porter | John Ryan | ||
Scoresby | LCP | Ronald Wanklin | Bill Borthwick | George Noone | ||
Swan Hill | Country | Clarence Wohlers | Gordon Harrison | Herbert Hilton Harold Stirling* | John McMahon | John Hipworth (Ind Lib) |
Toorak | LCP | Horace Petty | John Speed | |||
Williamstown | Labor | Larry Floyd | Neil McNeill | John Twomey | William Smith (CPA) | |
Yarraville | Labor | Roy Schintler | Neal Greig | Alfred Gerrard |
Legislative Council
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Province | Held by | Labor candidates | LCP candidates | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Other candidates |
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Ballarat | LCP | Jack Jones | Pat Dickie | William Bruty | ||
Bendigo | LCP | Patrick McMahon | Thomas Grigg | William Drechsler | ||
Doutta Galla | Labor | John Tripovich | Kenneth Jones | Barry O'Brien | ||
East Yarra | LCP | Leo Bartley | Sir Ewen Cameron | John Hoare | ||
Gippsland | Country | George Evans | Archie Tanner | Bob May | John Hansen | |
Higinbotham | LCP | Eric Perryman | Lindsay Thompson | Henry Moore | ||
Melbourne | Labor | Doug Elliot | Reginald Cannon | Harold Powell | ||
Melbourne North | Labor | John Galbally | Alfred Carter | Kevin Daniel | ||
Melbourne West | Labor | Buckley Machin | Dudley Coombes | Bert Bailey | ||
Monash | LCP | Frederick Levin | Charles Gawith | Thomas Brennan | Arthur Bennett (Ind) Frank Power (Ind) | |
Northern | Country | John Cameron | Laurence Troy | Percy Feltham | Bernard Hallinan | |
North Eastern | Country | Lorne Collins | Jim Plowman | Keith Bradbury | Arthur White | |
North Western | Country | Thomas Gilhooley | Geoffrey Harding | Arthur Mansell | Michael Howley | |
Southern | LCP | Stanley Willis | Gilbert Chandler | Raymond Studham | ||
South Eastern | LCP | Reginald Butler | Alan Hunt | Martin Curry | ||
South Western | LCP | Stanley Nash | Sir Gordon McArthur | Newell Barrett | ||
Western | LCP | James McIntyre | Ronald Mack | Geoffrey White |
References
- Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive
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